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The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act is due to expire at the end of 2014, but an extension is being considered in the House.  -More- 

While we’re still in the very early stages, we are very excited to announce that AGC of America has joined Instagram.  -More- 

In collaboration with ConsensusDocs, iSqFt has launched a new online platform designed to make the prequalification process f -More- 

Charles-Louis de Montesquieu,French political thinker -More- 

The Museum of Modern Art in New York announced today that it has commissioned Diller Scofidio + Renfro to plan an expasion into the former site of the American Folk Art Museum. Last month, MoMA stated its intention to raze Folk Art Museum building, an acclaimed design by Tod Williams Billie Tsien that was completed in 2001. The announcement leaves the fate of the building in question, but opens the possibility that it could be spared.

Curator of the art program on the High Line in New York, Alemani also organizes Frieze Projects, a series of installations, talks, and other presentations alongside the the Frieze Art Fair. Held in a snaking tent designed by SO—IL, this year's New York edition of the fair runs May 10-13.

Construction of the Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco is moving ahead, and the next step will be to place 3,000 to 4,0 -More- 

Cecil W Powell & Company reaches Masters Tour
The Merchants Bonding Company™ Leaderboard Program salutes Cecil W Powell & Company in Jacksonville, FL, for attaining the Masters Tour of surety professionals. Merchants salutes the best of the best each year. Congratulations to Bob Theus & Roger Hurst for their surety savvy & partnership for growth in 2012. Read more about Merchants' Masters Tour.

The projected building cost of the new Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas at one point was $156 million above the original  -More- 

A permit has been approved for a private school in Marietta, Ga., that wants to lease some acreage on the property of a futur -More- 

Cordish Cos.  -More- 

The recent building collapse in Bangladesh that left more than 700 dead shows that the "construction industry in Bangladesh i -More- 

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The Labor Department has reported a lower number of job openings in March, suggesting developing weakness in the recently imp -More- 

Business loan demand is increasing, and banks are easing lending requirements, according to the Federal Reserve's quarterly s -More- 

The Associated General Contractors of America's BIMForum has released its "draft specification for levels of development of b -More- 

The renovation of and wing addition to an old building in Nashville, Tenn., has reduced its annual energy consumption by 46%. -More- 

New developments would have to meet more stringent stormwater-retention standards than redeveloped sites under a forthcoming  -More- 

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AGC of America’s Constructor magazine team, headed by Naylor, LLC, launched its Constructor Marketplace early this year -More- 

June 13 to 14 || Arlington, Va.  -More- 

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,German writer, artist and politician -More-